HOUSE BILL No. 5158


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Brackenridge and Dobronski and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1966 PA 261, entitled

   "An act to provide for the apportionment of county boards of com-
   missioners; to prescribe the size of the board; to provide for
   appeals; to prescribe the manner of election of the members of
   the county board of commissioners; to provide for compensation of
   members; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

   (MCL 46.401 to 46.416) by amending the title and by adding sec-

   tion 11b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to provide for the apportionment of county boards of

 3    commissioners; to prescribe the size of the board; to provide for

 4    appeals; to prescribe the manner of election of the members of

 5    the county board of commissioners; to provide for compensation of

 6    members; TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES; and to

 7    repeal  certain  acts and parts of acts.




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 1         SEC. 11B.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 11, INCLUDING THE

 2    CIRCULATION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION

 3    488 OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A

 4    PERSON WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW,

 5    1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION

 6    DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED

 7    FOR THAT VIOLATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL

 8    168.1 TO 168.992.

 9         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

10    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

11    (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

12    law.
































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